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Starsky Robotics has been covered in the New York Times, Washington Post, Wired,

Starsky Robotics has been covered in the New York Times, Washington Post, Wired, Bloomberg, CNN, The Wallstreet Journal, Fortune, Financial Times, TechCrunch, Business Insider and other publications.

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Starsky Robotics

Self Driving Truck Company

Driverless truck startup aimed to make roads safer and allow truck drivers to work closer to home http://starsky.io

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Starsky Robotics is a pioneer in the autonomous truck space. It provides an end-to-end solution that enables trucks to drive without a person in the vehicle. The company's ultimate goal is to make roads safer while giving drivers meaningful work closer to their homes and families.

Starsky Robotics’ system solves the issue of final-mile delivery by removing drivers from the cab entirely and putting them in an office where they can remotely operate the truck from terminal to delivery.

The company was founded in 2015 and is headquartered in San Francisco, US. It was officialy launched in August 2016, and began moving freight on the highway in February 2017. In February 2018 Starsky drove a truck fully unmanned for seven miles on the highway in Florida and became the first company to publicly test an empty cabin for autonomous trucks.

In February 2018, Starsky completed a 7-mile fully driverless trip in Florida without a single human in the truck

In February 2018, Starsky completed a 7-mile fully driverless trip in Florida without a single human in the truck

Starsky Robotics has successfully tested a fully unmanned truck in Florida, and now the team is preparing for the deployment of fully autonomous commercial trucks.

The company is actively hiring.

Funding

Starsky has raised $21.7 million to date. Shasta Ventures, Y Combinator, Trucks.vc, 9Point Ventures, 50 Years and others have invested in various rounds of funding.

In 2017, Starsky Robotics announced that it had raised over $5 million from Y Combinator, Sam Altman, Trucks VC, and Data Collective to create an autonomous trucking company.

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In 2018, company closed a $16.5 million Series A, led by Shasta Ventures.

Media

Starsky Robotics has been featured in the New York Times, Washington Post, Wired, Bloomberg, CNN, The Wallstreet Journal, Fortune, Financial Times, TechCrunch, Business Insider and much more.

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Kartik Tiwari

Co-Founder & CTO

Stefan Seltz-Axmacher

Co-Founder & CEO

Walter Stockwell

Director of Safety Policy

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NPR: A Career Trucker Helps To Steer The Path For Self-Driving Trucks

April 2018

https://www.npr.org/2018/04/08/587413925/a-career-trucker-helps-to-steer-the-path-for-self-driving-trucks

Short-documentary on Starsky Robotics and how it's CEO, Stefan Seltz-Axmacher, thinks driverless trucks will affect the world.

March 2018

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-fjy3iaiWFw

Starsky Robotics completes the first ever test-drive of a truly unmanned truck

March 2018

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cjfS-UPHTRw

Starsky Robotics First Freight

Febraury 2017

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gskwppjo9Lg

Wired: The Future of Trucking When Machines Take the Wheel

May 2017

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=riqsbaOi_0o&t=182s

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Safety Lead Announcement

Starsky Robotics Appointed Walter Stockwell, Former DJI Executive, as Director of Safety Policy

Series A

Starsky Robotics closed a $16.5m Series A round led by Shasta Ventures.

First-ever Driverless Trip

Starsky drove a truck fully unmanned for seven miles on the highway in Florida.

Seed Funding

Starsky Robotics announced that it had raised over $5 million from Y Combinator, Sam Altman, Trucks VC, and Data Collective to create an autonomous trucking company.

Began Moving Freight on the Highway

Starsky came out of stealth announcing that they autonomously moved freight on the highway.

Y Combinator

Starsky Robotics went through Y Combinator in 2016.

Founded

Founded in 2015 by Stefan Seltz-Axmacher and Kartik Tiwari.